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What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?” (lemmy.world)

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Everyone knows the tale of Brand X getting bought out by some faceless global conglomerate and going to shit, but does the opposite ever happen?

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[-] 200ok@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

YouTube got better before it got to whatever it is now

[-] jaam01@lemmings.world 41 points 1 year ago

I don't think that's a fair comparison. Youtube only existed for less than 2 years as an independent start up. There's no way to know what it could become as an independent tech company.

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

The original plan was a dating site with video profiles!

[-] Gsus4@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago

What could have been...instead we got tinder :/

[-] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Certainly not rich enough to host the amount of content it does, or pay content creators what they get paid.

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